Zili Wu

Research & Development Associate

B.S., Environmental Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, 1996
Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian, China, 2001
Postdoctoral research associate, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2003 to 2006

Research Interests:

Heterogeneous catalysis,

nanomaterials for catalysis,

photocatalysis, and

in situ/operando spectroscopy.

Professional Societies:

American Chemical Society,

North American Catalysis Society

Selected Publications

1. Wu, Z.L.; Zhou, S.H.; Zhu, H.G.; Dai, S.; Overbury, S.H. DRIFTS-QMS study of room temperature CO oxidation on Au/SiO2 catalyst: nature and role of different Au species. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2009, in press.

2. Wu, Z.L.; Zhou, S.H.; Zhu, H.G.; Dai, S.; Overbury, S.H. Oxygen-assisted Reduction of Au Species on Au/SiO2 Catalyst in Room Temperature CO Oxidation. Chemical Communications, 3308, 2008.

3. Wu, Z.L., Kim, H.-S., Stair, P.C. Resonance Raman Spectroscopy - d-Al2O3-Supported Vanadium Oxide Catalysts as an Illustrative Example, in Metal Oxide Catalysis, J.S.J. Hargraves and S.D. Jackson, Editors. Wiley-VCH: Weinheim. 2008, 177-194.

4. Wu, Z.L.; Stair, P.C.; Rugmini, S.; Jackson, S. D. Raman Spectroscopic Study of V/d-Al2O3 Catalysts: Quantification of Surface Vanadia Species and Their Structure Reduced by Hydrogen. Journal of Physical Chemistry 111, 16460-16469, 2007.

5. Wu, Z.L.; Stair, P.C. UV Raman Spectroscopic Studies of V/d-Al2O3 Catalysts for Butane Dehydrogenation. Journal of Catalysis 237, 220-229, 2006.

6. Wu, Z.L.; Zhang, C.; Stair, P.C. Influence of Absorption on Quantitative Analysis in Raman Spectroscopy. Catalysis Today 113, 40-47, 2006.

7. Wu, Z.L.; Kim, H.-S.; Stair, P.C.; Rugmini, S.; Jackson, S. D. On the Structure of Vanadium Oxide Supported on Aluminas: UV and Visible Raman Spectroscopy, UV-Visible Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy, and Temperature-Programmed Reduction Studies. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 109, 2793-2800, 2005.

8. Wu, Z.L.; Sun, F.; Wu, W.C.; Feng, Z.; Liang, C.; Wei, Z.; Li, C. On the surface sites of MoP/SiO2 catalyst under sulfiding conditions: IR spectroscopy and catalytic reactivity studies. Journal of Catalysis 222, 41-52, 2004.

9. Wu, Z.L.; Maroto-Valiente, A.; Guerrero-Ruiz, A.; Rodriguez-Ramos, I.; Li, C.; Xin, Q. Microcalorimetric and IR spectroscopic studies of CO adsorption on molybdenum nitride catalysts. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 5, 1703-1707, 2003.

10. Wu, Z.L.; Yang, S.; Xin, Q.; Li, C. In Situ IR Spectroscopic Studies on Molybdenum Nitride Catalysts: Active Sites and Surface Reactions. Catalysis Surveys from Asia 7, 103-119, 2003. (invited paper).